When it comes to my clan, pasta is something that I simply cannot go wrong on. But during our grad school years, we ate pasta meals multiple times each week. Needless to say, we got sick of pasta meals really fast. Since then, we limit them to 2 or 3 a month. When I do make pasta meals now, I…
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Ever since school began this year, my days have been a blur between dance, academic decathalon, and marching band. Things have a tendency to get crazy! And as if it weren’t busy enough, then we got a puppy(!!). As the school year has progressed and the puppy demands my attention, I’ve found the need for stupidly simple meals that I…
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Every month there are predictable expenses, as well as expenses that only occur a few times a year. No matter how long we’ve been budgeting, there always seems to be a category or two I forget in our monthly budgets. Here are 10 budgeting categories you probably forgot in your November budget. Halloween Clearance The beginning of November is the…
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I wasn’t sure whether to title this How To Can Diced Tomatoes, or How to Can Crushed Tomaotes. Honestly to me they are one in the same, just different tomato chunk sizes. Either way, taking my garden fresh tomatoes and turning them into canned diced tomatoes is one of the most frugal ways to save money throughout the year. This…
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Homemade chicken broth is one of those effortless things that I love making. It’s amazing how much broth we can use in a week! Not only is it used in our soups, our one pot meals, and gravies, but I also use it every time I cook rice. It’s a really simple trick that helps take the rice from bland…
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